Exodus · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Exodus 23 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Οὐ παραδέξῃ ἀκοὴν ματαίαν· οὐ συγκαταθήσῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀδίκου γενέσθαι μάρτυς ἄδικος.
1 “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.
2 Οὐκ ἔσῃ μετὰ πλειόνων ἐπὶ κακίᾳ· οὐ προστεθήσῃ μετὰ πλήθους ἐκκλῖναι μετὰ τῶν πλειόνων, ὥστε ἑκκλεῖσαι κρίσιν.
2 “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
3 Καὶ πένητα οὐκ ἐλεήσεις ἐν κρίσει.
3 You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
4 Ἐὰν δὲ συναντήσῃς τῷ βοῒ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου, ἢ τῷ ὑποζυγίῳ αὐτοῦ πλανωμένοις, ἀποστρέψας ἀποδώσεις αὐτῷ.
4 “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
5 Ἐὰν δὲ ἴδῃς τὸ ὑποζύγιον τοῦ ἐχθροῦ σου πεπτωκὸς ὑπὸ τὸν γόμον αὐτοῦ, οὐ παρελεύσῃ αὐτὸ, ἀλλὰ συναρεῖς αὐτὸ μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.
6 Οὐ διαστρέψεις κρίμα πένητος ἐν κρίσει αὐτοῦ.
6 “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
7 Ἀπὸ παντὸς ῥήματος ἀδίκου ἀποστήσῃ· ἀθῷον καὶ δίκαιον οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖς· καὶ οὐ δικαιώσεις τὸν ἀσεβῆ ἕνεκεν δώρων.
7 “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
8 Καὶ δῶρα οὐ λήψῃ· τὰ γὰρ δῶρα ἐκτυφλοῖ ὀφθαλμοὺς βλεπόντων, καὶ λυμαῖνεται ῥήματα δίκαια.
8 “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
9 Καὶ προσήλυτον οὐ θλίψετε· ὑμεῖς γὰρ οἴδατε τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ προσηλύτου· αὐτοὶ γὰρ προσήλυτοι ἦτε ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.
9 “You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.
10 Ἓξ ἔτη σπερεῖς τὴν γῆν σου, καὶ συνάξεις τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς.
10 “For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
11 Τῷ δὲ ἑβδόμῳ ἄφεσιν ποιήσεις, καὶ ἀνήσεις αὐτὴν, καὶ ἔδονται οἱ πτωχοὶ τοῦ ἔθνους σου· τὰ δὲ ὑπολειπόμενα ἔδεται τὰ ἄγρια θηρία· οὕτως ποιήσεις τὸν ἀμπελῶνά σου, καὶ τὸν ἐλαιῶνά σου.
11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In the same way, you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
12 Ἓξ ἡμέρας ποιήσεις τὰ ἔργα σου, τῇ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ, ἀνάπαυσις· ἵνα ἀναπαύσηται ὁ βοῦς σου, καὶ τὸ ὑποζύγιόν σου, καὶ ἵνα ἀναψύξῃ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτος.
12 “Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your servant, and the alien may be refreshed.
13 Πάντα ὅσα εἴρηκα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, φυλάξασθε· καὶ ὄνομα θεῶν ἑτέρων οὐκ ἀναμνησθήσεσθε, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν.
13 “Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don’t invoke the name of other gods or even let them be heard out of your mouth.
14 Τρεῖς καιροὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἑορτάσατέ μοι.
14 “You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
15 Τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν· ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, καθάπερ ἐνετειλάμην σοι κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μηνὸς τῶν νέων· ἐν γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐξῆλθες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου· οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπίον μου κενός.
15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
16 Καὶ ἑορτὴν θερισμοῦ πρωτογεννημάτων ποιήσεις τῶν ἔργων σου, ὧν ἐὰν σπείρῃς ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ σου, καὶ ἑορτὴν συντελείας ἐπʼ ἐξόδου τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τῶν ἔργων σου τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ σου.
16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
17 Τρεῖς καιροὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὀφθήσεται πᾶν ἀρσενικόν σου ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου.
17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh.
18 Ὅταν γὰρ ἐκβάλω τὰ ἔθνη ἀπὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἐμπλατύνω τὰ ὅριά σου, οὐ θύσεις ἐπὶ ζύμῃ αἷμα θυμιάματός μου, οὐδὲ μὴ κοιμηθῇ στέαρ τῆς ἑορτῆς μου ἕως πρωΐ.
18 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
19 Τὰς ἀπαρχὰς τῶν πρωτογενημάτων τῆς γνς σου εἰσοίσεις εἰς τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου· οὐχ ἑψήσεις ἄρνα ἐν γάλακτι μητρὸς αὐτοῦ.
19 You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. “You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20 Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ἵνα φυλάξῃ σε ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ὅπως εἰσαγάγῃ σε εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἡτοίμασά σοι.
20 “Behold, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, καὶ εἰσάκουε αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἀπείθει αὐτῷ, οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑποστείληταί σε· τὸ γὰρ ὄνομά μου ἐστὶν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ.
21 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
22 Ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσητε τῆς ἐμῆς φωνῆς, καὶ ποιήσῃς πάντα ὅσα ἂν ἐντείλωμαί σοι, καὶ φυλάξητε τὴν διαθήκην μου, ἔσεσθέ μοι λαὸς περιούσιος ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν· ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστι πᾶσα ἡ γῆ· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔσεσθέ μοι βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, καὶ ἔθνος ἅγιον· ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα ἐρεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσητε τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ ποιήσητε πάντα ὅσα ἂν εἴπω σοι, ἐχθρεύσω τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου, καὶ ἀντικείσομαι τοῖς ἀντικειμένοις σοι.
22 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
23 Πορεύσεται γὰρ ὁ ἄγγελός μου ἡγούμενός σου, καὶ εἰσάξει σε πρὸς τὸν Ἀμοῤῥαῖον, καὶ Χετταῖον, καὶ Φερεζαῖον, καὶ Χαναναῖον, καὶ Γεργεσαῖον, καὶ Εὑαῖον, καὶ Ἰεβουσαῖον, καὶ ἐκτρίψω αὐτούς.
23 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
24 Οὐ προσκυνήσεις τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ μὴ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς· οὐ ποιήσεις κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν· ἀλλὰ καθαιρέσει καθελεῖς, καὶ συντρίβων συντρίψεις τὰς στήλας αὐτῶν.
24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
25 Καὶ λατρεύσεις Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου· καὶ εὐλογήσω τὸν ἄρτον σου καὶ τὸν οἶνόν σου καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ σου, καὶ ἀποστρέψω μαλακίαν ἀφʼ ὑμῶν.
25 You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you.
26 Οὐκ ἔσται ἄγονος, οὐδὲ στεῖρα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς σου· τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν ἡμερῶν σου ἀναπληρῶν ἀναπληρώσω.
26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
27 Καὶ τὸν φόβον ἀποστελῶ ἡγούμενόν σου, καὶ ἐκστήσω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, εἰς οὓς σὺ εἰσπορεύῃ εἰς αὐτούς· καὶ δώσω πάντας τοὺς ὑπεναντίους σου φυγάδας.
27 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 Καὶ ἀποστελῶ τὰς σφηκίας προτέρας σου· καὶ ἐκβαλεῖς τοὺς Ἀμοῤῥαίους, καὶ τοὺς Εὑαίους, καὶ τοὺς Χαναναίους, καὶ τοὺς Χετταίους ἀπὸ σοῦ.
28 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
29 Οὐκ ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἑνὶ, ἵνα μὴ γένηται ἡ γῆ ἔρημος, καὶ πολλὰ γένηται ἐπὶ σὲ τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς.
29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
30 Κατὰ μικρὸν ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ σοῦ, ἕως ἂν αὐξηθῇς καὶ κληρονομήσῃς τὴν γῆν.
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
31 Καὶ θήσω τὰ ὅριά σου ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης, ἕως τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς Φυλιστιείμ· καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρήμου, ἕως τοῦ μεγάλου ποταμοῦ Εὐφράτου· καὶ παραδώσω εἰς τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν τοὺς ἐγκαθημένους ἐν τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ σοῦ.
31 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
32 Οὐ συγκαταθήσῃ αὐτοῖς καὶ τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν διαθήκην.
32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 Καὶ οὐκ ἐνκαθήσονται ἐν τῇ γῇ σου, ἵνα μὴ ἁμαρτεῖν σε ποιήσωσι πρὸς μέ· ἐὰν γὰρ δουλεύσῃς τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν, οὗτοι ἔσονταί σοι πρόσκομμα.
33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 19:5; Deuteronomy 19:16–21; Matthew 26:59–61; Exodus 20:16
- 2 Proverbs 1:10–11; Proverbs 1:15; Luke 23:23–24; Job 31:34; Matthew 27:24–26
- 3 Leviticus 19:15; James 3:17; Psalm 82:2–3; Deuteronomy 1:17
- 4 Deuteronomy 22:1–4; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Romans 12:17–21; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27–28
- 5 Deuteronomy 22:4
- 6 Jeremiah 5:28; Malachi 3:5; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Isaiah 10:1–2; Exodus 23:2–3
- 7 Ephesians 4:25; Exodus 23:1; Deuteronomy 27:25; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Romans 1:18
- 8 Deuteronomy 16:19; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 15:27; 1 Samuel 8:3
- 9 Deuteronomy 27:19; Exodus 22:21; Deuteronomy 24:14–18; Matthew 18:33; Exodus 21:21
- 10 Leviticus 25:3–4
- 11 Leviticus 25:2–7; Leviticus 26:34–35; Leviticus 25:11–12; Leviticus 25:20; Leviticus 25:22
- 12 Luke 13:14; Exodus 35:3; Exodus 31:15–16; Exodus 20:8–11; Exodus 34:21
- 13 Joshua 23:7; Zechariah 13:2; Deuteronomy 4:9; 1 Timothy 4:16; Hosea 2:17
- 14 Deuteronomy 16:16; Leviticus 23:34; Exodus 23:17; Leviticus 23:16; Exodus 34:22–24
- 15 Luke 22:7; Proverbs 3:9–10; Exodus 34:20; Numbers 28:16–25; Deuteronomy 16:16
- 16 Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:9–21; Leviticus 23:34–44; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 29:12–39
- 17 Deuteronomy 16:16; Exodus 34:23; Deuteronomy 31:11; Psalm 84:7; Exodus 23:14
- 18 Exodus 34:25; Deuteronomy 16:4; Exodus 12:10; Leviticus 2:11; Leviticus 7:15
- 19 Exodus 34:26; Deuteronomy 14:21; Nehemiah 10:35; Deuteronomy 26:10; Exodus 22:29
- 20 Exodus 33:14; Psalm 91:11; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 14:19; Exodus 33:2
- 21 Psalm 78:56; Hebrews 12:25; Psalm 78:40; John 10:38; John 10:30
- 22 Genesis 12:3; Deuteronomy 30:7; Zechariah 2:8; Jeremiah 30:20; Acts 9:4–5
- 23 Exodus 23:20; Isaiah 5:13; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 15:19–21; Exodus 32:2
- 24 Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 12:30–31; Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3
- 25 Deuteronomy 7:15; Exodus 15:26; Joshua 22:5; Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 33:24
- 26 Deuteronomy 7:14; Deuteronomy 28:4; Job 5:26; Job 21:10; Isaiah 65:20
- 27 Deuteronomy 2:25; Genesis 35:5; Deuteronomy 11:25; Deuteronomy 7:23; Psalm 18:40
- 28 Deuteronomy 7:20; Joshua 24:11–12
- 29 Deuteronomy 7:22; Judges 3:1–4; Joshua 17:12–13; Joshua 15:63; Joshua 16:10
- 31 Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 21:44; Numbers 34:3–15; Joshua 1:4
- 32 Exodus 34:12; Deuteronomy 7:2; Exodus 34:15; 2 Corinthians 6:15; Psalm 106:35
- 33 Psalm 106:36; Deuteronomy 7:16; Joshua 23:13; Exodus 34:12; Judges 2:3
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